C-cell

Spindle shaped follicular cell of the thyroid. Contains 60-550 nm neuroendocrine granules. C-cells secrete calcitonin. Medullary thyroid carcinoma arises from C-cells.

Related

calcitonin; contains: katacalcin; calcitonin carboxyl-terminal peptide; CCP; PDN-21 (CALC, CALC1) medullary thyroid carcinoma thyroid C-cell hyperplasia; C-cell proliferative disorder

General

endocrine cell follicular cell

References

Stedman's Medical Dictionary 27th ed, Williams & Wilkins, Baltimore, 1999.